Transfer functions, relating outlet temperature responses to disturbances in flow rate, are presented for a single/two-pass heat exchanger with distributed wall and fluid thermal capacitance. Good agreement is shown between the measured and predicted outlet temperature responses of both shell and tube-side fluids. The accuracy of an overall lumped model as an approximation to such a system is examined.
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